Blacking-brush and boot-jack



UNTTEDA STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL GISSINGER, OF ALLEGHENY CITY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND PETERKOLBEOKER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BLACKING-BRUSH AND BOOT-JACK.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,757, dated February20, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL GIssINGER, of the city and county ofAllegheny, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefularticle of manufacture-to Wit, a Blacking-Brush and Boot-Jack Combined;and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in making a blacking-brush andboot-jack combined, said article being madein the manner and operatinglas hereinafter described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side View of myimproved blackin g-brush and boot-jack combined. Fig. 2 represents a topView ofthe same when opened out so as to form a boot-jack.

In thedrawings1 arepresents the two halves of the brush, which aresecured together by means oftwo hinges, (marked b.) c represents thebristles of the brush, and are secured in the parts marked c by anyknown means. d represents the handle of the brush when it is folded up,as shown in Fig. 1. c and c' represent the legs of the boot-jack. Thelength ot' these legs is equal to twice the thickness of pieces markeda..

It will be observed that the legs e and e are so arranged with relationto each other that in folding the brush the legs Will pass each other,as seen in Fig. l-that is to say, the lower part of the leg c will tillup the opening marked 2, and the lower part of the leg e will lill upthe opening marked l, when the brush is folded up, as in Fig. l.

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of myimprovement, what I claim as my invention is- The combination of ablacking-brush and a boot-jack, said blacking-brush and boot-jack beingconstructed, combined, and operating substantially as herein describedand set forth.

SAMUEL GISSINGER.

Witnesses:

J AMES J. J oHNs'roN, ALEXANDER HAYs.

